3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 7, 2007 Draft at brewpub. Pours copper with a small white head. Aroma is minimal, but there is some caramel, grapefruit, and pine. You really have to stick your nose in the beer to get it. Initial flavor is mostly sweet caramel malt, but then the citrus and peppery hop bitterness makes its presence toward the back of the mouth. Finish is slightly dry, watery, and sweet. For my personal tastes, a little too balanced for an IPA, as this is really close to pale ale territory. A respectable session brew, and probably the hoppiest middle TN brew you can get next to the Boscos Hop God.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A glass of coppery red with slightly foamy head that clings to the glass like the hops cling to the back of your tongue. To me it was a smooth easy mouth full of real beer pleasure. I went back the second day to make sure that it was as good as I thought and it was.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bosco’s India Pale Ale - On Tap: Great lacing, with grapefruit aroma leading the nose. The finish lacks somewhat. Good IPA, though certainly nothing to brag about.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the brewpub. Pours a very cloudy orange with retentive off-white head and visible yeast sediment. The aroma is crisp citrusy hops. The flavor is very hoppy, dry, and a bit on the aggressive side. There is some malt back there, too, just enough to balance the hops. The yeast adds an interesting dimension, too.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask with whitebread yeast. Quite a cloudy caramel color with a fine, lasting white head. The aroma is peppery and bright with some sweeter floral notes. The hops take a few seconds to really kick in after the first sip, then become biting. It almost burns. There are some lemons and a whisper of caramel. Tough stuff, definitely the best beer I had here.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish honey appearance with a hoppy aroma. Very hoppy (not quite lik Stone Ruination). Nice IPA.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nashville. Best of the bunch! Grapefruity aftertaste. Rich color and smoooooth.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap in Nashville. Coppery color. Nice bitter hoppyness that wasn’t overpowering despite their "intensely hoppy amber beer" claims. I’m not a fan of the super-hopped beers, so this was good for me.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap in Memphis. Medium light PA bronze. Medium hoppy aroma. West coast hops don’t really kick in til the end, then they hang around too long. Session weight. Pretty dry, not much caramel. More of a PA. Move on, nothing to see here.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 6, 2008 Daft at Nashville location: Amber color in the glass, with an off white head that mostly diminished and left some lacing. Smell was a nice citrus hoppy aroma expected of an IPA. The taste was grapefruit but not overly bitter. Light and smooth. Nice local IPA! 12 Sep 05, 6-4-7-3-14/////////////Cask @ Nashville location. Hazy orange in the glass with a rocky white head. Subdue hops in the aroma. Nice IPA hoppy flavor with a malt background. Light body and a medium bitterness throughout. 25 Aug 08, 5-3-7-4-12
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